Intellectual-property concerns and fan attraction to the backstory jointly shaped the fan ARG's focus on the Rambaldi mythology¶
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q2 i? The Omnifam PM team's focus on the Rambaldi mythology was partly a necessity imposed by intellectual-property law, but also reflected the PM team's own attraction to that part of the backstory. → Henrik Örnebring 2007
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Henrik Örnebring 2007¶
Henrik Örnebring. (2007). Alternate reality gaming and convergence culture: The case of Alias. International Journal of Cultural Studies 10(4). https://doi.org/10.1177/1367877907083079
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Evidence from the author's phone interview with the Omnifam lead designer, an email interview with another PM member, and the PM team's archived pre-game planning forum. The article concludes the tension between fan desires and corporate control was resolved through a kind of self-censorship.
"while the risk of transgressing ABC copyrights was a concern during the preparation phase of the Omnifam ARG, the PM team also wanted to use the Rambaldi mythology as a basis for the ARG at quite an early stage, because this part of the backstory was one of the things that had attracted members of the PM team to the show in the first place"
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Related Claims¶
- Industry-produced Alias ARGs were redundant add-ons with one-way ties to the TV series, providing no new backstory
- The fan-produced Omnifam ARG centred on extending the Alias backstory through the Rambaldi mythology while staying faithful to the fictional universe
- Fan-produced and industry-produced ARGs based on existing media properties perform the same cultural function of extending the narrative within a shared consumption framework
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Intellectual-property concerns and fan attraction to the backstory jointly shaped the fan ARG's focus on the Rambaldi mythology |
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Intellectual-property concerns and fan attraction to the backstory jointly shaped the fan ARG's focus on the Rambaldi mythology |
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